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BBB Minister Femke Wiersma of Agriculture was elected the Biggest Liar of 2024 for her claim that animal suffering in the Dutch livestock industry is “portrayed worse than it is,” animal welfare organization Wakker Dier announced. “The Minister knows full well that the suffering is often underestimated, but chooses to tell reassuring fairy tales,” Leonie Vestering of Wakker Dier said. …

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Aldi, Dirk, Lidl and Plus have promised to take ambitious steps to sell more plant-based products, animal rights organization Wakker Dier reported on Saturday. Previously, Albert Heijn, Ekoplaza and Odin had already announced that they would do so, meaning that seven supermarkets are now joining Wakker Dier's goal "for a transition to more plant-based proteins", according to the organization. To …

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Two explosions took place overnight in Rotterdam-Zuid. Informatie deelt u met ons, 0900-8844 — Politie Eenheid Rotterdam eo December 10, 2023 Shortly after, a second explosion took place at around 02:10 a.m. on the Ooltgensplaatweg in the Pendrecht. Om 02.10 schrokken buurtbewoners aan de #ooltgensplaatweg in #Rotterdam wakker van een explosie. Als u info voor ons heeft horen wij het …

The young farmers’ campaign “Farmers love cows” was voted the biggest liar of the year in Wakker Dier’s annual Liegbeest Awards. “It’s good to see that consumers are no longer accepting the dairy sector’s sweet talk,” said Wakker Dier director Anne Hilhorst. “It’s time for the dairy sector to tell the honest story.” Second place also went to the livestock …

The former agriculture minister intervened to remove a recommendation to eat less meat from a government campaign meant to address climate change, animal welfare group Wakker Dier alleged on Wednesday. The lack of a suggestion to eat less meat was "strange," said Anne Hillhorst of Wakker Dier back in 2019. Three years later, Wakker Dier said it obtained redacted emails …

Animal welfare organization Wakker Dier announced this year’s nominees for its annual Liar Liar Award. According to Wakker Dier, Van Dobben, the young farmers’ association of the Netherlands, PLUS, Jumbo, and the goat sector all made untrue claims about animal welfare this year. “A quarter of cows never go outside, and many cows are sick.” PLUS labeled its veal as …

By the end of 2023, all fresh chicken sold in Dutch supermarkets will have at least a 1 star Beter Leven rating. Boni was the last supermarket chain to promise to stop selling factory farm chicken, animal welfare organization Wakker Dier announced, NU.nl reports. Boni director Frank Kloren said that the supermarket chain was just waiting for confirmation that its …

This Easter, supermarkets offered a record number of super cheap deals on meat, a step in the wrong direction, according to Wakker Dier. The animal welfare organization says there was a seven percent increase in the amount of bottom price meat offerings at supermarkets compared to 2020. “Easter does not seem to be about hiding chocolate eggs but mainly about …

Supermarket chain Lidl will cease selling chicken without a free range quality brand stamp by 2023, animal rights organization Wakker Dier announced on Monday. In two years' time, all chicken sold in Lidl will have at least one out of three “Beter Leven” stars. “It’s fantastic that Lidl is taking this step”, Anne Hilhorst from Wakker Dier said. Supermarket chain …

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Albert Heijn announced that it will only sell free-range chicken with a Beter Leven quality mark from 2023. "We are incredibly happy with this step by Albert Heijn for animal welfare," Wakker Dier said in a response. In 2019 the animal rights organization still gave Albert Heijn the 'liar liar award" for claiming the chickens it sells have "more space" …

The Ministry of Agriculture needs to intervene and make sure farmers have a better plan to protect their animals from the increasingly hot summers, according to animal rights organization Wakker Dier. In that time, Wakker Dier's heat stress hotline received 152 reports of sheep with heat stress, 125 of cattle and 62 of horses. "Our fear that the warmer summer …

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